No. 18 California outshot Vanderbilt, 11-4, but had to settle for in a 0-0 tie on Saturday afternoon at the St. MaryÆs Fall Classic at Garaventa Field. The Golden BearsÆ record is 4-0-2 after posting their fifth shutout of the season.
No. 23 Boston College overcame an early 1-0 deficit and held off a furious second-half charge by Harvard to down the Crimson, 3-2, at Ohiri Field. Kia McNeill, Gina DiMartino and Tara Luciani scored for BC, which has now won four straight since a season-opening loss to BU.
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No. 19 BYU beat reviously unbeaten Colorado, 3-2, in front of a sellout crowd of 4,742 fans, the second largest crowd for a women's athletic event in BYU history, beating out last weekend's attendance at the BYU-Stanford volleyball match.
Katie Larkin, Haylee Cuthbert and Kelsea Kakadelas scored for BYU, which led 3-0 after only 32 minutes. Colorado came back with second-half goals from Laura Munnelly and Nikki Marshall.
''It was a pretty exciting game,'' BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood said. ''The fans got their money's worth tonight.''